The Tomorrow War

by Zach Dean, directed by Chris McKay

Release: 2 July 2021
Format: Feature Film
Genres: Science Fiction, War
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

Forty-year-old high school biology teacher Dan Forester is drafted for a seven-day tour of the future where he must fight what seems to be a losing cause in the war against bug/T-rex aliens.

— Michael Main

We need you to fight beside us if we stand a chance at winning this war. You are our last hope.

DEBUT

The Tomorrow War (Amazon Prime, 2 July 2021).

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Circa AD 2000 to 2099: The timeline is inconsistent, but we’ll say AD 2022–23 and 2050.

Time Travel Methods

Time Rifts
Time Tethers: The arm brace is a tether to return anyone who is still alive after seven days. Time passes at the same rate at both ends of the wormhole, which means you can’t jump about in time willy-nilly.
Wearable Time Object: the arm brace

Themes

Meeting or Viewing Ancestors or Descendants

Fictional Tags

Future Wars

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From an unspecified place, AD 2059 ⋙ to a soccer stadium, AD 2022. Note: Trainers from the future arrive with the bad news.
From an unspecified training location, AD 2023 ⋙ to Miami, Florida, AD 2050. Note: Dan and his fellow soldiers to the future!
From 25 miles east of the Bahamas, AD 2050 ⋙ to the same training location, AD 2023. Note: Dan and significantly fewer of his fellow soldiers and a blue vial.